Court: Grandma should have NJ visitation hearingCourt: Brazilian grandmother of NJ boy in noted custody case should get hearing on visitation
By The Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ¯¯¯ An appellate court has ruled the Brazilian grandmother of a New Jersey boy who was in an international custody battle should get a chance to fight in court for visitation with him.

The New Jersey court says in a decision made public Wednesday that Silvana Bianchi Ribeiro (rih-BEHR'-oh) should get a chance to prove terminating her relationship with Sean Goldman would harm him. But the court wouldn't act on her requests for interim visitation with the 12-year-old Tinton Falls boy and for a court-appointed attorney to represent him.

The decision overturns a lower court's ruling. It was first reported by Newark's The Star-Ledger newspaper (http://bit.ly/NuUNd6 ).

The boy was born in the U.S. but was taken to Brazil by his mother, who later died. His dad fought and got him back.